Crate.



l. B. CASTLE.

CRATE.

APPLlcATioN msu Anale, 15H4,

UNTED STATES PATENT CFFXCE.

JAMES'BICKNELL CASTLE, QF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAVVAII.

CRATE.

To all whom t mag/.concern Be it known that I, J A'Mns lBIGKNELL Cas- TLE. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Honoluhi, in the'couiity of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, yhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates; and l do hereby declare the following to be a f ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention rela-tes to improvements in crates, and has lview crates particularly adapted for use in handling fruit, such as for .conveying pineapples ,from the field. to

l the .cannery, as well as for'other purposes.

. 'I he object ofthe invention is to provide an improved cratefof this character, whichmay4 be shipped knockc'ed-down `from the manufacturer to the user at a minimum cost 4'fortran's'portation, and which may be readtow/iths'tandgthe rough handling to which ends and through a groove in each corner post, and end walls and a bott-in secured within this structure, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, reference heing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an erected cra-te embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through one of the corner posts showing the groove for'the bolt. Fig. is a perspective view of a crate showing a modification. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through one of the corner posts of the modification shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an isometric view of a. modification of the crate shown in Fig. 3 showing a closed construction.

Referring to the drawings, 6 represents4 the longitudinal slatsof the two sides A,

Fatented July 4., 1916.

Application filed Augustee, 1914. semi No. 858,581.

which are of the full length of the crate with their ends secured to the corner posts 7. The inner face of each coi-nei` post 7 is provided its full length with a gicove 7*. Rectangw lar shaped stillening strips or bars 8 and 9 of the full length ol the` crate are provided above and below the tivo sides A respectively. Similar slioiter strips or bars 10 and 11 of the full width of the crate are provided above and below the ends B respectively. Thc ends of the bars S and 9 overlap the ends of the bars 10 and 11 respectively. The bars 10 and 9 terminally over- -lap the upper and lower ends of the corner posts 7 respective-ly.

The rod bolts 12 pass vertically down ward through the overlapping ends of the bars 8 and 10, the groove 7a inthe corner posts 7, and through tlieoverlapping ends -of the bars 9 and 11, successively, as shown in Fig. 1. Previous to clamping together these bars and sides A by the bolts 12, however. the bottom C and the two ends B arc -placed in position. y v ,y

The bottoni C is formed by the'longitudinal slats 13, each slightly shorter than the length of the crate, secured to the cleats 14. The ends of the slats 13 overlap the bars 11, and the cleats 14 are so placed as to be adju cent to the bars 11 and prevent a movement of the bottom C longitudinally. The bottom C is of substantially the same width as the dista-nce between the bars 9 so that the latter prevent a movement of thc bottom transvci'sely.

The ends B are formed of the slats 35,

' slightly shorter than the distance between the sides A, secured tol the vertical cleats 16, as shown. These .leats"1re held between the bars ,10 and 11. The cleats 16 abut the coi'- ncr posts 7, which prevents a movement of' the ends B sidewise. The ends ofthe slats '13 of the bottom C abut the lower ends of the groove 7b in the corner posts 7, but in other respects the construction as above described.

In the modiicationshown viii-Fig. 5

is the crate is of a closed construction. The slats 6 secured to the corner posts 7, form closed fsides A. The corner posts 7 are provided with grooves 7 and 7F 1n two adjacent faces, 5 as shown in Fig. 4. The longitudinal stieningbars and 9 and the transverse stiffening bars 10 and 11 lare the same as previously described but are arranged overlap-` ping in an inverted position from that shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The slats 13 of the bottom v'are placed closely together, secured to the longitudinal cleats'll. The ends of the slats 13 rest -on the bars 8. The slats 15 of the ends B engage the grooves 7 in the .corner postsg', and the bolts l2 clamp the crate togetheras previouslyjdescribed.l lT he cover D. iscomposed Aof the longitudi- -nal slats 17, secured to the battens or cleats 19, the ends owhich overlap the bars 9, as 20 shown. 'One ofthe cleats 19 near one end of the c-rate may be-removably secured to the slats 17 by the bolts 20, so that by removal of this cleat the cover D may be slid outward under the bar 11 at that end of the 'crate until the other ends of the slats 17 clear the bar11 at the oppositeendof the crate, whereupon the over-Dmay be removed without loosen- ,ing the bolts 12.

I claim:

1.'A crate comprising side walls, posts securedto the ends of theside walls at .the inner side thereof, stilening bars 'terminally overlapping the ends ofthe corner posts, 4rod bolts passing through" said overlapping ends of the stitfening bars, each corner post having a groove in oneof its-tw( inner faces to receive the bolt, and end wall; and a. bottom held within the structure s formed.'

2. A crate comprising, side walls, corne posts secured to the side walls, each corne post having a groove in each of two face stilfening bars terminally overlappingtl ends of the corner posts, a bolt in one of tl grooves in each corner post adapted to clau the overlapping ends of said bars to the co ner post, a bottom, ends engaging the oth grooves in the corner posts, and a cover, su stantially as described.

' 3. In a crate, corner posts each provid with grooves the full length of two adjam faces, slats having their ends securedv to 1 third. faces of said corner posts, stileni bars with their ends overlapping the ends thel corner posts, bolts passing through 1 of the grooves in each corner post s through the overlapping ends of said b' and end walls composed of -slats attache(` cleats, the ends of saidvslats adapted to gage-the other grooves in the corner p( substantially as and for the purpose scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signal corner in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES BICKNELL CASTL Witnesses:

H. K. L. CASTLE, H. C. Homz. 

